AMD drivers have been mostly better than nVidia's this generation. (Slightly opinionated, slightly observing reports from others)
Also, the GTX 680M has no relationship with the GTX 680 outside of the name; They're not at all related, nVidia just uses the same naming scheme for notebooks.

That is false. The 680M uses the same GK104 chip but with one less SMX cluster.

Yeah it used to be a bigger difference between their desktop and laptop chips during fermi, probably due to the power consumption of the chips. What came to be the Kepler top-end chip is rather power efficient so I guess they really could introduce it for mobile devices as well. (Though there is still plenty of deceiving models like the GTX 670M and 675M which are fermi.)

I'm still convinced that they initially planned something else than GK104 in the desktop 680, though.

No, but seriously, I could have gotten the 570 at the time I got the 560 Ti (though I DID get the MSI TFII 560 Ti OC for only $213, so that was nice... This was June 2011) and I regret it. Back then I was just like "well, WoW is like, all I play. So, why should I get a 570?

Dumbest mistake ever, since I quit WoW for good less than 2 months later...

No, but seriously, I could have gotten the 570 at the time I got the 560 Ti (though I DID get the MSI TFII 560 Ti OC for only $213, so that was nice... This was June 2011) and I regret it. Back then I was just like "well, WoW is like, all I play. So, why should I get a 570?

Dumbest mistake ever, since I quit WoW for good less than 2 months later...

So what do you play now than? You sound like you need more power :P

Im just happy with my 7970, altho i guess i would have also been with a 7950. But getting a 1440p screen this week so, the extra power is good. Making me more happy with the 7970 :P

But deltrus, look at it this way. Your need to upgrade is sooner --> new stuff to play with.

No, but seriously, I could have gotten the 570 at the time I got the 560 Ti (though I DID get the MSI TFII 560 Ti OC for only $213, so that was nice... This was June 2011) and I regret it. Back then I was just like "well, WoW is like, all I play. So, why should I get a 570?

Dumbest mistake ever, since I quit WoW for good less than 2 months later...

Okay, now say that in a language where we can follow your logic. Because I frankly did not understand how you reached this conclusion.

I did. A gtx 680 with one smx unit disabled makes 13xx cuda cores, which is the gtx 670 and the gtx680m (with lower clocks). Die size is pretty much 100% the same and the transistors are equal as well 3540M trans.

If I get $300-400 on Christmas, I'll buy whatever is out at the time, most likely a 660 Ti - 670. Really hoping to afford a 670.

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Originally Posted by Zeara

So what do you play now than? You sound like you need more power :P

Im just happy with my 7970, altho i guess i would have also been with a 7950. But getting a 1440p screen this week so, the extra power is good. Making me more happy with the 7970 :P

But deltrus, look at it this way. Your need to upgrade is sooner --> new stuff to play with.

Sorry forgot to answer this:

Rift and Skyrim are the two main ones.

Rift is VERY GPU-intensive, on top of VERY CPU-intensive. I barely run it even on high and I cannot get constant 60 fps unless out in one of the old zones. - The new zones for Storm Legion are very demanding.

If I get $300-400 on Christmas, I'll buy whatever is out at the time, most likely a 660 Ti - 670. Really hoping to afford a 670.

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Sorry forgot to answer this:

Rift and Skyrim are the two main ones.

Rift is VERY GPU-intensive, on top of VERY CPU-intensive. I barely run it even on high and I cannot get constant 60 fps unless out in one of the old zones. - The new zones for Storm Legion are very demanding.

Excuse me, but I have no idea what you are even trying to say, or why it's an argument against what I'm saying.

Why do you assume its an argument? Why did I have a reason to argue with you? Counter points conversation and forum threads are not "arguments", not only am I not in anyway agitated im not trying to convince you Im not having a heated discussion absolutely nothing that constitutes an argument.

If you want an argument Ill say your wrong, facts are facts its Gk104 all chips of the line are too similar to each other to even remotely start a this is closer to this argument, the mobile performance is probably on par w/ the 670 but they are both as similar to 680's as each other, that and the fact that they start 680 and make every subsequent gpu from the top model on down.